635 640 And vapour as the Libyan air adust, soon; 6-15 The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. 685 vapour] Hor. Epod. iii. 15. 'Nec tantus unquam siderum insedit vapor 685 air adust] Tasso Gier. Lib. vii. 52. Qual con le chiome sanguinose horrende Splender cometa suol per l'aria adusta.' 648 brand] Sword. Gen. i. 24. Blade, xi. 120. 640 world] Shakesp. Rich. II. act. i. sc. 3. all the world's my way.' · 648 hand] Richardson. Johnson. 'A small but artful paradise they walk'd, Bowle. Bentl. MS. And hand in hand sad gentle things they talk'd.' See Cowley's Davideis, p. 20. 648 wand'ring] Wearied. Careful. Social. Bentl. MS. PARADISE REGAINED. BOOK I. I, WHO ere-while the happy garden sung, By one man's firm obedience fully try'd 5 11 Thou Spirit, who led'st this glorious Eremite Into the desert, his victorious field, Against the spiritual foe, and brought'st him thence By proof the undoubted Son of God, inspire, As thou art wont, my prompted song, else mute, And bear thro' height or depth of nature's bounds With prosperous wing full summ'd to tell of deeds Above heroic, though in secret done, And unrecorded left through many an age, Worthy t' have not remain'd so long unsung. Now had the great Proclaimer, with a voice 7 waste] Spens. Fairy Queen, i. i. 32. 'Far hence, quoth he, in wasteful wilderness.' Dunster. 14 summ'd] Drayton's Polyolbion. Song xi. 15 'The muse from Cambria comes, with pinions summ'd and sound.' Todd. 25 30 More awful than the sound of trumpet, cry'd 42 consistory] Virg. Æn. iii. 679. 'Concilium horrendum.' Thyer. 42 gloomy consistory] See Dante, Il Paradiso, xxix. 67. 'Omai dintorno a questo consistorio Puoi contemplare assai.' 35 40 |